Summer pruning of citrus trees. Is that how you cut them?

The citrus tree is tall, has many branches, and has many types of fruiting branches, and the fruiting years are long. if the spatial allocation of various fruiting branches is not adjusted in time and reasonably, it will cause poor ventilation and light transmission of the crown, reduce the amount of fruit, and decrease the quality. Therefore, through shaping and pruning, fruit quality can be improved, high-quality fruit can be produced in high and stable producing areas, production efficiency can be improved and fruit life can be prolonged. Let's take a look at the summer pruning of citrus trees.

In the middle and last ten days of July, thinning and cutting the middle and lower parts of fruit trees and overcrowded branches, as well as falling flowers and fruit branches, rat tail branches, broom branches, thin branches and so on. At the same time, after truncating the weak branches and wiping off the summer shoots for many times, the top of the summer shoots has become nodular and swollen, and a small number of crossed weak branches in the middle and upper parts of the crown should be thinned, the retention stump is 8 ~ 12 cm, and the thickness of the cut is controlled at 0.8 ~ 1 cm. Weak trees and trees with many fruits can be re-pruned properly to promote autumn shoots and restore tree momentum.

Pruning must cooperate with good fattening management in order to achieve good results. Mountain orchards cut in summer should apply heavy fertilizer a week before cutting, and paddy orchards should apply heavy fertilizer immediately after cutting. In autumn, the supply of water should be emphasized, and the root system of weak trees with heavy pruning should be renewed at the same time. After cutting, we should strengthen the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests and protect the new shoots.

In the first ten days of July, according to the tree nutrition, the fruit was thinned according to the reasonable leaf-fruit ratio, that is, sweet orange 40,50,50,30,25,70,20,30,25,70,20,30,25,70,20,30,50,30,25,70,20,30,50,30,25,30,60,70,20,30,50,30,25,30,60,70,20,30,30,50,60,30,50,60,30,50,30,50,30,50,30,25,30,60,70,20,30,30,50,30,50,30,50,30,50,30,50,30,50,30,30,60,30,60,60,60,30,50,50,30,50,30,50,30